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It's still July - does that tech discriminate between fireworks and firearms yet? |
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Google, where did that snot come from? |
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Whole Home Defense Deployment system?!--finally, a reason to allow Alexa a place at the rustic harvest table in the camp War Room (previously known at the dining hall). |
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Add Camp Teacup to the shipping list, [8th]. |
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"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room." |
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//It's still July - does that tech discriminate
between fireworks and firearms yet?// |
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Having had a business in East Menlo Park, right next door
to East Palo Alto (murder capital of the world) in the
early 90s, I can tell you there's a very distinct difference
between the "pop pop pop!" sound of gunfire and random
"BANG!" sound of fireworks. Fireworks sound much more
intimidating and scary. Gunfire is more of a sharp,
staccato "CRACK!" than a bang. At least the 9mms that
were popular with the kids back then. |
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You'd hear gunfire on a regular basis during crack wars of
the early 90s. I basically had a business on the border of a
war zone. Told you all about the time I followed some car
thieves into a dead end ally only to be surrounded by
gang members who were waiting for their buddies. I
smiled at my would be assailants, put my car into "multi
ton killing machine if you try to stop me mode" (reverse)
and high tailed it out of there. |
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At one point discussed and established "defensive firing
positions" should there be an armed incursion into the
business. Good times. |
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C-130 Loadmaster: "Hey, are you carrying any weapons or ammunition ? " |
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Prospective passenger :"Errr, no ? " |
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Loadmaster: "Well get some from that stack over there and put them on board, you lazy bastard". |
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//Good times.// Ah, America. The West's answer to Somalia. |
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May we enquire as to the question to which "Somalia" is the answer ? |
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Is it a Trivial Pursuit geography card ? |
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By the way, [doc], you would have felt right at home in Belfast a few decades ago ... |
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//the question to which "Somalia" is the answer// Certainly.
It's "Which country starts with S, ends with omalia, and has a
homicide rate 20% lower than the USA?" |
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It's been a few months since we've had a good
'Murica / gun slugfest around here. Shall we save
time and just link to the last one? |
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